Skin Insurance :Protect and Prevent

Throughout our teen years, one of the biggest beauty struggles we face is acne. We spend years trying to find products and routines that get rid of it and prevent it from happening again. That is great and all, but what we dont realize is there is a bigger problem than acne that most of us don't think about prevent and that is skin damage. By the time you hit your early twenties, for most girls, the acne will start to go down and you won't have to focus on that problem as much. This is the time you need to start focusing on the actual healthiness of your skin. You want to make a big effort to prevent damage. There are many factors to consider and precautions to take in order to prevent skin damage later in life. I will give you some insight into how to take care of your skin and you may realize how important it actually is once you find out what you are doing to your body by not taking certain things into consideration. I hope you enjoy!

The Sun Diet

For the girls who either go to a tanning bed or bake in the sun all day, I know what your first come back will be, because I was one of those girls! You will say, sunlight rays give me a lot of Vitamin D so it is actually good for me. That may be true, sunlight is good for your skin, but you know what isn't good for it? That SPF 4 Dark Tanning Oil you just slathered all over your body. Girls are under the misconception that you cant get tan by wearing sunscreen and that is false. Wearing sunscreen prevents burning not a natural tan. You should be protecting your skin by using a sunscreen with at least SPF 30. Spring and Summer aren't the only seasons you should be applying sunscreen daily. Though it may be snowing outside, and it will seem strange using sunscreen, the sun is still out therefore you need the protection! If tanning outside takes too long but you want to avoid the tanning bed ( which all girls should!) there are plenty of great self tanners on the market (such as Kate Somerville's Tanning Towelettes, $48.00 or St. Tropez Self Tan Dark Tan Bronzing Mousse, $48.00 ). When picking a self tanner be sure to buy a tanner with a green base to it, this will keep you from looking orange!

Eat it up!

Along with keeping safe in the sun, there are many others ways that will help prevent sun damage. Eating certain food can help this and ultimately help prevent sun cancer. I learned something very interesting in this article ( click here ) from Fitness Magazine about certain food relation to skin cancer. They did a majority of research in the Mediterranean. Their main lifestyle eating choices consisted of fruits, vegetables, olive oil, fish, and fresh herbs. Based on these choices, the skin cancer risk was cut by 50%. That is alot! source

The Dream Creams

There is a big market in Skincare for products to help get rid of damage and wrinkles. But why is there not a need for products that prevent these problems! Well now there will be! If you are in your early twenties, this is the best time to start researching different skin care products to help protect and prevent! What many people don't realize is that "Anti Wrinkle Creams" not only try to get rid of wrinkles but they help prevent them! So don't feel weird when you are walking in the drugstore to pick up anti wrinkle cream when you are only 20 years old, you are doing the right thing! You will be the one with amazing and healthy skin at 40! Two of the best drugstore night creams are Youth Code Rejuvinating Day and Night Cream, $24.99 and Garnier Fructis Ultra Lift Firming Night Cream, $13.99